2022-07 Raynors HCA Auction
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WATSON, John Crittenden (1842-1923) was an admiral of the United States Navy. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1860. Promoted to lieutenant in July 1862, Watson later served as flag lieutenant to Rear Admiral David Farragut, who flew his flag in the steam sloop Hartford, and participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay. He was later wounded by a shell fragment during an engagement with a Confederate battery at Warrington, Florida. Watson served his flagship during the subsequent Battle of Santiago, Cuba, on 3 July 1898, in which the Spanish squadron under Admiral Pascual Cervera was destroyed. Signed Card “J.C. Watson, Rear Admiral US Navy, Washington DC, January 16, 1902”.
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